{"id":231282,"date":"2023-03-16T20:05:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T14:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=231282"},"modified":"2023-03-16T20:05:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T14:35:09","slug":"the-denial-of-same-sex-marriages-violates-a-basic-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-denial-of-same-sex-marriages-violates-a-basic-right\/","title":{"rendered":"The denial of same-sex marriages violates a basic right"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>S<\/strong><strong>ource<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0<strong>\u201cThe denial of same-sex marriages violates a basic right\u201d <\/strong>published in the <strong>Live Mint <\/strong>on\u00a0<strong>16th March 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus<\/strong>: GS \u2013 2: Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>: About legalization of same-sex marriages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: The US Supreme Court decided to overturn bans on same-sex marriage in 13 states in 2015. With petitions seeking the legalization of same-sex marriages in India, it is time for the Indian Supreme Court to do the same.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"About_the_case_and_Centres_affidavit_on_same-sex_marriages\">About the case and Centre\u2019s affidavit on same-sex marriages<\/span><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Must read:\u00a0<a title=\"Same-sex marriages can rock societal values: Centre\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/same-sex-marriages-can-rock-societal-values-centre\/\">Same-sex marriages can rock societal values: Centre<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>What are the issues in the centre\u2019s affidavit on legalising same-sex marriages?<\/h2>\n<p>The centre&#8217;s view that the legislature has the right to define who can be considered married is a <strong>denial of Indian diversity<\/strong>. The government cannot take the responsibility to \u201cregulate or prohibit\u201d human relations.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read here: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/about-legalising-same-sex-marriages-inaction-and-intervention-on-the-handling-of-social-issues\/\">About legalising same-sex marriages: Inaction and intervention: On the handling of social issues<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>According to a judge, Marriage matters because it is a \u201ckeystone of our social order.&#8221; India\u2019s ethos and traditions defining acceptable behaviour should aid in the legalization of same-sex marriages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cThe denial of same-sex marriages violates a basic right\u201d published in the Live Mint on\u00a016th March 2023. Syllabus: GS \u2013 2: Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections. Relevance: About legalization of same-sex marriages. News: The US Supreme Court decided&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-denial-of-same-sex-marriages-violates-a-basic-right\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The denial of same-sex marriages violates a basic right<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10501],"class_list":["post-231282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-live-mint","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}